# Weightlifting at the 2007 Pan American Games

Weightlifting competitions at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil were held between July 14 and 18, 2007 at the Complexo Esportivo Riocentro.

## Competition schedule

There were at most three sessions of competition on each day of the 2007 Pan American Games Weightlifting program:
* Early afternoon session: 14:00–15:30 BRT
* Afternoon session: 16:00–17:30 BRT
* Evening session: 18:00–19:30 BRT
| F | Final |
| Date → | Sat 14 | Sat 14 | Sat 14 | Sun 15 | Sun 15 | Sun 15 | Mon 16 | Mon 16 | Mon 16 | Tue 17 | Tue 17 | Tue 17 | Wed 18 | Wed 18 | Wed 18 |
| Event ↓ | EA | AF | EV | EA | AF | EV | EA | AF | EV | EA | AF | EV | EA | AF | EV |
| Men's ||||||||||||||||
| Men's 56 kg | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Men's 62 kg | | | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Men's 69 kg | | | | | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| Men's 77 kg | | | | | | | F | | | | | | | | |
| Men's 85 kg | | | | | | | | | F | | | | | | |
| Men's 94 kg | | | | | | | | | | | F | | | | |
| Men's 105 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | | F | | |
| Men's +105 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | F |
| Women's ||||||||||||||||
| Women's 48 kg | | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Women's 53 kg | | | | F | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Women's 58 kg | | | | | | F | | | | | | | | | |
| Women's 63 kg | | | | | | | | F | | | | | | | |
| Women's 69 kg | | | | | | | | | | F | | | | | |
| Women's 75 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | F | | | |
| Women's +75 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | | | F | |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Brazil)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Colombia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | Cuba | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Ecuador | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Mexico | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Dominican Republic | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Chile | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Venezuela | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | United States | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | El Salvador | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Peru | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Honduras | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |

## Medalists
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 56 kg details | Sergio Álvarez Cuba | Marvin López El Salvador | Jaime Iturra Chile |
| 62 kg details | Diego Salazar Colombia | Miñan Mogollon Peru | David Mendoza Honduras |
| 69 kg details | Yordanis Borrero Cuba | Edwin Mosquera Colombia | Ricardo Flores Ecuador |
| 77 kg details | Iván Cambar Cuba | José Ocando Venezuela | Octavio Mejías Venezuela |
| 85 kg details | José Oliver Ruiz Colombia | Jadier Valladares Cuba | Herbys Márquez Venezuela |
| 94 kg details | Yoandry Hernández Cuba | Julio Luna Venezuela | Wilmer Torres Colombia |
| 105 kg details | Joel Mackenzie Cuba | Pedro Stetsiuk Argentina | Damián Abbiate Argentina |
| +105 kg details | Cristián Escalante Chile | Casey Burgener United States | Victor Heredia Venezuela |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 48 kg details | Carolina Valencia Mexico | Betsi Rivas Venezuela | Guillermina Candelario Dominican Republic |
| 53 kg details | Yuderqui Contreras Dominican Republic | Ana Margot Lemos Colombia | Melanie Roach United States |
| 58 kg details | Alexandra Escobar Ecuador | Rusmeris Villar Colombia | María Cecilia Floriddia Argentina |
| 63 kg details | Leydi Solís Colombia | Christine Girard Canada | Natalie Woolfolk United States |
| 69 kg details | Tulia Medina Colombia | Cinthya Domínguez Mexico | Vanessa Nuñez Venezuela |
| 75 kg details | Ubaldina Valoyes Colombia | Damaris Aguirre Mexico | Eva Dimas El Salvador |
| +75 kg details | Oliba Nieve Ecuador | Emmy Vargas United States | Yinelis Burgos Dominican Republic |

## Participating nations

A total of 22 countries qualified athletes. The number of weightlifters a nation has entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country. A total of 118 lifters were entered.
* Argentina (4)
* Barbados (1)
* Bolivia (1)
* Brazil (15)
* Canada (7)
* Chile (7)
* Colombia (11)
* Cuba (9)
* Dominican Republic (9)
* Ecuador (7)
* El Salvador (3)
* Guatemala (2)
* Honduras (1)
* Mexico (7)
* Nicaragua (3)
* Panama (2)
* Peru (3)
* Puerto Rico (3)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* United States (9)
* Uruguay (2)
* Venezuela (11)